Restaurant furious that customer sneaked sip of high-end liquor directly from bottle
Restaurant furious that customer sneaked sip of high-end liquor directly from bottle
2026-04-22
An Italian restaurant in Taichung suffered a huge loss after serving a group of unruly customers. It all started when the group started making unreasonable requests for free drinks and wanted to cook the food themselves. But things escalated when a man in the group went up to the bar and took a sip of an expensive liquor directly from the bottle when the staff wasn’t watching. When asked to pay their NT$20,000 bill, they refused and left without paying. Furious, the owner posted surveillance footage of the incident on social media, to warn other restaurants of these people. The owner added that he’s especially upset that they were foreigners, just like himself.
In this surveillance footage, a man can be seen walking toward the bar area in a restaurant. He picks up a liquor bottle and quickly puts it down when approached by a staff member.
But it didn’t take long before he picks up another bottle. When he’s sure that no one’s watching, he picks up the previous bottle and takes a glug directly from it, before putting it back nonchalantly and heading back to his table.
The owner of this Italian restaurant on Xiangshang Road in Taichung posted the footage online and condemned the man’s actions. He wrote that not only was it unsanitary, it was also completely disrespectful. In the original post, the owner added that the group of diners that included the man had been a complete nuisance. They asked to try out some drinks, which was not allowed, insisted on having the restaurant sell them sold-out dishes, and demanded to make the food themselves with the restaurant providing the ingredients.
Friend of owner
Italian restaurant
They asked to try out some drinks. At the time the staff tried their best to satisfy their demand.
Even if the restaurant did offer wine and liquor tasting, drinking directly from the bottle, like the man did, would still be completely out of the question.
Friend of owner
Italian restaurant
It’s completely unacceptable for him to just pick up a bottle from the counter and drink directly from it. It’s not like it’s a bottle of beer he’s bought, in that case it wouldn’t matter.
The restaurant ended up having to charge the group of the bottle, bringing the tab to around NT$20,000. The group was asked to pay and leave, but they refused to pay then, and they’ve still yet to pay now. The owner said that he’s especially dismayed that the group was foreigners, just like him. He added that he only publicized the incident to warn nearby restaurants of the troublesome group.
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台中西區向上路，一家義式餐酒館遇上誇張客人！一名外籍男子不只多次提出試酒、自行烹飪等特殊要求，還趁店員不注意，走到吧台，自行打開高價烈酒喝，當場直接被店家請離場。事後老闆將監視器畫面PO網警惕其他同業，雖然這瓶酒，被計入帳單，至今卻未完成付款。
監視器清楚拍下，外籍男子走向吧台，拿起一瓶酒看了幾秒，似乎瞄到店員身影，又趕緊心虛地放下。
但沒過多久，趁著店員短暫離開，男子又再次拿起一瓶酒，確認店員不在場後，毫不猶豫，直接打開瓶蓋，就這樣對著瓶口一口飲下，再若無其事地放回原位，轉身走回座位。
老闆氣得把監視器畫面PO網，直說這行為實在太誇張，不僅不衛生，也完全不尊重店家。事發在台中向上路這家義式餐酒館，這群客人，當天用餐時就狀況不斷。除了要求服務外的試酒，甚至點餐時部分餐點已售完，客人還希望店家能提供食材讓他們自行料理。
[[餐酒館老闆友人]]
“他們有要求想要試酒，當時員工就有試著，去滿足那些客人要求”
除了沒經過店家同意外，就算想試酒也得倒在酒杯裡，男子這樣對嘴喝酒瓶，店家實在無法接受。
[[餐酒館老闆友人]]
“沒辦法接受的行為，當然就是直接去櫃檯拿一支酒直接到嘴巴喝，如果那瓶是你自己買的啤酒，自己倒嘴巴喝，當然是沒問題”
事後店家表示將這瓶酒的費用，算進了兩萬元的帳單裡，但這組客人當時是直接被請離場，至今也沒有回來付款。老闆無奈表示，自己也是外國人，將影片PO網，除了氣憤，更是希望警惕其他同業，避免再有類似的脫序行為發生，造成店家損失。
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